Martin took over a team that had made the play-offs twice in consecutive seasons.
Disagree. Ayew, Roberts, Guehi, Rodon, Celina, Van der Hoorn, Lowe, Routledge, Gibbs-White, Gallagher, Hourihane, Woodman, Gyokeres, Palmer, Peterson, Brewster, Surridge, Kalulu, Wilmot, etc. were not in the team Martin took over.
So, does this tell us that the players now at Cooper's disposal are FAR superior to ours?
Some of them yes. But it's not about the players, it's about Martin's stupid style of play.
We don't defend, we invite opposition to press us, steal the ball, and create loads of high quality chances. We must be the easiest team to play against in the Championship. An amateur coach with a bunch of highly motivated players would beat us 9 out of 10 times by using five players to press us high, and five players to keep defensive line well organised.
Steve Cooper is a good motivator and man-manager, no doubt about it. But he didn't beat Martin because he is a football genius, he beat Martin because Martin is a donkey. The players love playing for Cooper, and rightly so: they sit back, and save their energy for quick transitions, and counter-attacks.
We should get rid of Martin because we stagnate under him. I am all for quick, passing, attacking football, but not for slow, boring, backward one. I care more for passing accuracy than possession percentage, and definitely I'd rather dominate opposition in pressing, chances, shots, crosses, corners, tackles, duels, dribbles etc. than possession.